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Nullius addictus iurare in verba magistri, quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes.

The Light


There is a light, I know it’s there; a brilliance where truth is laid bare and the lies that we all live upon cannot be found – are somehow gone. I wonder if I’ll ever see that light I know … Continue reading

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Beauty


Though beauty is hard to define it lives in your heart, lives in mine. ‘Tis beauty that we always seek when hearts are heavy, Spirit’s meak. So always see what’s truly there for beauty resides everywhere. The artist is the … Continue reading

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Tinkering


Tinkering at the edges of a planet doomed to die; deciding that it’s all too hard – so just why should we try. I watch another ‘Movement’ (a thing oft of the bowels) rising to the greatest heights – “There … Continue reading

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BE THE SOLUTION!


The planet’s fucked, we’re all gonna die lest to apathy we say goodbye. Our days of basking in false wealth ain’t lookin’ good for the planet’s health. So suck it up folks, young and old; time to come in out … Continue reading

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Sacred Clown


Is that a boundary I see or a new vista just for me; a new world where I can be free. Seems to me it’s all the same; at end of day, what’s in a name. Mayhaps it is the … Continue reading

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The Elders of the Human Race


At times I think it’s all in vain; I feel the chill – depressions rain. The soaking downpour of despair that says “There is no hope out there.” I see the world – a bloody shame; how could we do … Continue reading

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A revolution of our mind!


For 40 years I’ve heard the beat as people march along the street demanding freedom from the chains with little hope and fewer gains. We did our time, we stopped a war, the environment and so much more. But each … Continue reading

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On Plans


For many years I pondered just how life could have been if I’d been a bit smarter and the obstacles I’d seen. But through it all I blundered on not taking any trail; just wandering, no goal in sight – … Continue reading

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A Presidential Press Release


Oh no! There’s storm clouds in the sky! I wonder if that means we’ll die? Oh wait, it’s just the oil fields burning; the Middle East’s democracy learning. Soon  they will learn to toe the line, then everything will be … Continue reading

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Wings


Where will we be, what will it bring? Tomorrow is an unknown thing. All a body can do is try to do their best and just get by. But also reach out to the stars, out past the moon and … Continue reading

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Stop and Feel


When hearts bind hard within our chest they never let our Spirits rest. They needs some peace so it can see that place where fear just cannot be; that place where Spirit’s fly on high and show us that we … Continue reading

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The Trail


If hearts are warm they face life’s storm and see the truth that is their youth for hearts don’t die if they can fly; they don’t get cold as we get old. They shine their light and know what’s right … Continue reading

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1984 Revisited


Shades of ’84 ring clear; history changed – a rule by fear. When little men with little minds rewrite with what their little mind finds fallacies will rule the day and truth will be an unknown way. Censorship will always … Continue reading

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Inspiration


To find the wisdom that I seek I need someone both strong and meek; a person who can seek the whole while keeping sight of their own goal. A man or woman who can be an inspiration to you and … Continue reading

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On Shadows


There’s Shadows on my Spirit, there’s Shadows on my Soul, there’s Shadows on my heart that make me feel less whole.. The early generations; the ones who came before they released those Shadows when they opened wide the door. The … Continue reading

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